Resettlement success
Forces: Army
Daniel B - Cpt
"What struck me most in my first months was how transferable I found my military skills – many of the planning, training, logistics and validation challenges I faced were not so different from deploying a gun battery on operations."
Daniel Bull left the Royal Artillery after serving 6 years. During
his resettlement, he joined the GSK Global Manufacturing Supply (GMS)
Armed Forces Fast Track programme. He's now completed two years with GSK
and looking to secure a permanent role."I left the Army as a
Captain after 6 years serving in the Royal Artillery and with the
Defence Cultural Specialist Unit. I loved the very tangible outcomes of
the work that I did in the military, and having such a strong sense of
purpose in my career, and wanted to get some of that same satisfaction
in what I did next.
"I have found that in spades at GSK – the
reach of our medicines and impacts on patients’ lives is truly
staggering, whether through medicines core to the business or through
ambitious programmes such as the donation programme aimed at eliminating
LF (Elephantiasis) globally. From my first day I have been given the
trust and responsibility to contribute to this impact, and the
underpinning mission – helping people to do more, feel better and live
longer – supported by a strongly held set of values is familiar from my
military days.
"I joined GSK on the Global Manufacturing and
Supply (GMS) Armed Forces Fast Track programme and I am just completing
my two years of rotations and looking to secure my permanent role. My
first rotation involved helping to bring a new packing line, built in
Canada and Germany, into commercial production at our site in Ware,
Hertfordshire. What struck me most in my first months was how
transferable I found my military skills – many of the planning,
training, logistics and validation challenges I faced were not so
different from deploying a gun battery on operations. I subsequently
performed a planning role for the Africa region based at the London
headquarters, and now work in the respiratory strategy group. The
breadth and speed of learning has been fantastic, as has the support
that I have received along the way.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed
all my rotations and I feel strongly that, even within GMS, there is
such a breadth and variety of roles in the organisation across the
country (and abroad) that the possibilities in my second career are far
more open than I could have imagined, and my military experience is a
strong asset."
Interested?
If you are interested in
finding out more about the GSK Global Manufacturing Supply (GMS) Armed
Forces Fast Track programme, log on to CTP RightJob and search for Job
ID N202247.
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